Minister of Food

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The Minister of Food Control (1916-1921) and the Minister of Food (1939-1954) were British government Ministerial posts separated from that of the Minister of Agriculture. A major task of the latter office was to oversee food rationing in Britain arising out of World War II.

[edit] Minister of Food Control 1916-1921

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	The Lord Devonport		10 December 1916	19 June 1917	Liberal
	The Lord Rhondda		19 June 1917	9 July 1918	Liberal
	John Robert Clynes		9 July 1918	10 January 1919	Labour
	George Roberts		10 January 1919	19 March 1920	Labour
	Charles McCurdy		19 March 1920	31 March 1921	Liberal

[edit] Minister of Food 1939-1958

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Rt Hon W S Morrison (later Lord Dunrossil)		September 4, 1939	April 3, 1940	Conservative
	Rt Hon Baron Woolton		April 3, 1940	November 11, 1943	Independent
	Colonel the Rt Hon J J Llewellin (later Lord Llewellin)		November 11, 1943	July 26, 1945	Conservative
	Sir Ben Smith		August 3, 1945	May 26, 1946	Labour
	Rt Hon John Strachey		May 27, 1946	February 28, 1950	Labour
	Rt Hon Maurice Webb		February 28, 1950	October 26, 1951	Labour
	Major the Rt Hon Gwilym Lloyd-George (later Lord Tenby)		October 31, 1951	October 18, 1954	Conservative
	Rt Hon Derick Heathcoat-Amory (later Lord Amory) (Combined the separate posts of Minister of Agiculture & Fisheries and Minister of Food, pending the merger of 1955)		October, 1951	January, 1958	Conservative

[edit] Reference

• For Minister of Food 1939-1958: Foreman, Susan. "Appendix A", Loaves and fishes : an illustrated history of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1889-1989. London: HMSO, p. 127. ISBN 9780112428237. OCLC 20525761.